Mr Deng's IT News Collection: Meet Google Cardboard, a gadget made from materials worth about $30 that you can place any modern Android smartphone in to create a basic virtual reality headset. The invention — which has similar capabilities to the $US350 Facebook-owned Oculus Rift — is truly amazing. It’s like putting a computer in front of your face and comes at a fraction of the cost of a traditional VR headset Australian Mark Pesce, one of the early pioneers in virtual reality, said Cardboard was "very clever".

27 June, 2014

Meet Google Cardboard, a gadget made from materials worth about $30 that you can place any modern Android smartphone in to create a basic virtual reality headset. The invention — which has similar capabilities to the $US350 Facebook-owned Oculus Rift — is truly amazing. It’s like putting a computer in front of your face and comes at a fraction of the cost of a traditional VR headset Australian Mark Pesce, one of the early pioneers in virtual reality, said Cardboard was "very clever".

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